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1/11/2013 9:50AM

Friday, Jan. 11: Global Markets Preview

Barron's columnist Brendan Conway discusses what to expect in the global markets, the three key things investors and traders should have their eyes on today, and more on the News Hub. Photo: AP Images.

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... the the ... what the new regions ... stock futures are down ever so slightly this morning to keep in mind that we'd basically closed at a ... five-year high this week meaning investors are feeling pretty good about that but ... this morning ... I'll point of Chiquita Wells Fargo's earnings report which just came out ... and you know ... the beat Wall Street's estimates hearing that looks like a pretty good report the stock is still down about one percent ... you know I think a lot of investors are looking for ... you know the the real home run ... a sign that we're finally turning the corner in this sluggish recovery ... Bond ... Wells Fargo minute looking at a time when the call and for that site absolutely ... well Wells Wells Fargo managed to wring ... more money out of what one is one of its key business ... mortgages ... are still didn't really hit a homerun and some investors ... you know were even more optimistic than Wall Street from Watson and they're dropping ... back stock ... up we also had some trade data this morning which which was ... slightly which which are pretty close to expectations estimates to move the market ... aam but by larger on the home on a lot of people out there that are looking for another ... peak during the stock market and one when he knew that is the fund flows for the last week this is investors putting money into neutral funds ... was one of the ... best on record in terms of new money flowing in so there's a lot of optimism out there ... we'll see recast ... the state pennant tennis won three stocks and the camera can be ... sure you know what a strange thing is for right ... Motor company ... made it through the financial crisis without any on you know a government bailout ... on ... the deed to the tutu actions investors seem to like in that stock is up in premarket trading one is the double the dividend ... investors love cash in their pocket that's great ... their opinions in this kind of thing is they're on their biggest hiring spree in Iraq ... about a decade that that's interesting because ... there's this pattern means to love companies announced layoffs in the stock was up ... this is a case where you get caught in an old line ... you know of ... in the auto maker in the hiring investors like it ... I think that's a good sign ... Chevron ... so Chevron got investors' hopes up yesterday by saying ... that their fourth-quarter profit is going to be notably higher than the third so that stock is also up a bit ... of raising expectations in a sector where hopes are not that high energy ... and the thirtieth we had tiny is I'm keeping an eye on gold in the reason is ... cold it has posted twelve straight years of rises ... give people distrust the Federal Reserve local ... we just can't really seem to get a foothold ... until yesterday ... people seem to be buying is positive for the year but it's down again today ... aam ... gold gold gold is one of those tricky trades that you my readers love ... I he teaches is not clear winners can be looking up momentum will keep an eye on that friend income advance thank you so much a dining us will ... mark his music or Saturday he owns honest and I meant that instead of